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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lambeth 1905
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1905
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104
No Water Supply or Defective Water Supply 148
Dirty Premises 2021
12,285
B. Infectious Diseases Notification.
Notices served (infected houses) 1594
SUMMARY OF WORK DONE BY THE SANITARY
INSPECTORS DURING 1905.
Inspections 9478
Re-inspections 59491
Infectious Houses visited 1594
Complaints attended to 6650
Cases of Infectious Disease notified 1853
(a) Cases under treatment at Home 601
(b) Cases removed to Hospital 1254
Cases of Non-Notifiable Diseases dealt with 3927
Houses disinfected 1593
Rooms disinfected 4686
Bedding, etc., disinfected *51552
Bedding, etc., destroyed 519
Dust Yards, Manure Depots and Brickfields, inspections
of 312
Drains tested (with chemical, water, or both) 9699
Sanitary Works completed 5864
Plans of drainage reconstructions received and approved 467
Premises the Drains of which have been totally or
partly reconstructed 667
Articles procured for the Analyst—
(a) Food and Drugs 1200
(b) Water 1
Special Smoke observations and enquiries 600
New Work-shops inspected and registered 91
Bakehouses inspected (including 87 underground) 214
* Including 26,231 articles of bedding, etc., from Norwood schools.